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Gerana and her fate was woven by the goddess Athena into her tapestry during her weaving contest between her and the Lydian maiden Arachne, as a warning against the girl about the fate of those who dared to compare themselves to the gods. Ovid says that Gerana foolishly saw herself as equal to the Heavens, so Hera turned her into a crane after ...
Traditionally, it was believed that the painting depicted women workers in the tapestry workshop of Santa Isabel. In 1948, however, Diego Angula observed that the iconography suggested Ovid's Fable of Arachne , the story of the mortal Arachne who dared to challenge the goddess Athena to a weaving competition and, on winning the contest, was ...
Arachne (/ ə ˈ r æ k n iː /; from Ancient Greek: Ἀράχνη, romanized: Arákhnē, lit. 'spider', cognate with Latin araneus) [1] is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story. [2]
In a final moment of anger, Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom with her shuttle and cursed Arachne to live with extreme guilt. Out of sadness, Arachne soon hanged herself. Taking pity on her, Athena brought her back to life transformed as a spider, using the poison aconite; [c] "—and ever since, Arachne, as a spider, weaves her web ...
The painting depicts the story from Ovid's Metamorphoses of the weaving contest between the god Athena and the mortal Arachne.In the original myth, Athena challenges Arachne and loses, but Athena punishes Arachne anyway for insulting the gods by not recognizing the divine source of Athena's artistic skill and for creating a more beautiful work than her own.
Athena admitted that Arachne's work was flawless, [195] [194] [196] but was outraged at Arachne's offensive choice of subject, which displayed the failings and transgressions of the deities. [195] [194] [196] Finally, losing her temper, Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom, striking it with her shuttle.
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Tereus went to Procne and lied about her sister dying. Philomela, unable to speak, wove a tapestry instead and sent it to Procne. Procne rescued her sister, and wanting to enact revenge on her husband, slew their little son Itys, and fed him to this father during dinner. [4] Tereus, furious, grabbed his sword and chased down the two sisters.